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<p><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#002060">Expansion of Eligibility for Paid Sick Leave PPSM:</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#002060">UC Sick Leave Policy Prior to 2025:</span></u></strong><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#002060">Employees covered under the University of California Staff Personnel Policy for Staff Members (Staff & Students) accrued paid sick leave if they were on pay status at least one-half of the working hours of a month or quadriweekly
cycle in which it is earned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#002060">UC Sick Leave Policy Effective 1/1/2025:</span></u></strong><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#002060">Employees covered under the University of California Staff Personnel Policy for Staff Members (Staff & Students) begin accruing paid sick leave at a rate proportionate to their hours on pay status.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#002060">Accrual Calculation:</span></strong><span style="color:#002060"> Sick leave is accrued at a factor of 0.046154 per hour (approximately eight hours of sick leave per month for an employee
on full-time pay status). Eligible employees begin to accrue sick leave at the start of their appointments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Update:</span></strong> The threshold for sick leave accrual has been removed, meaning all employees in eligible titles can now accrue paid sick leave, regardless of their appointment percentage.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
Eligible employees may use sick leave in accordance with the PPSM policy.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="color:#002060">For specifics on these benefits, visit the University of California Staff Personnel Policy for Staff Members at</span> <a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010406/PPSM-2.210" target="_blank" title="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010406/ppsm-2.210">https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010406/PPSM-2.210</a></p>
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